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Showing 43814390 of 42073 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 29-3-1995 n° 702

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Book VI: Banking and financial institutions

Article R641-3

For the purposes of applying the penalties listed in this Title, the following are deemed to be company directors: the chairman and managing director, the chairman, the directors, the managing directo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Distribution

Article R3252-36

The statement of distribution may be contested within fifteen days of its notification. If no objection is lodged within this period, the court clerk will send each creditor a cheque for the amount of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: SEMI-PUBLIC COMPANIES WITH A SINGLE OPERATION

Article L1541-3

I. - In the event of the transformation, merger or attachment of the shareholding territorial authority of a single-operating semi-public company within another territorial authority or grouping of te…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-30

I.-The audit provided for in Article L. 236-42 shall be carried out within three months of receipt of the copy of the minutes of the meeting referred to in Article L. 236-9 or, in the absence of a mee…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Professional card

Article R4321-32

A masseur-physiotherapist who wishes to obtain a European professional card pursuant to Article L. 4002-2 submits his application electronically, together with supporting documents, to a regional dire…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L430-3

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-39

I.-Under the written procedure without a hearing provided for in III of Article L. 3211-12-2, the liberty and custody judge shall rule on applications to maintain or release the measure before the exp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-3

I. - The High Council shall meet at least once every three months, convened by its Chairman, at the latter's initiative or at the request of four of its members or the Government Commissioner.The conv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to refugees, stateless persons and beneficiaries of territorial asylum or subsidiary protection and to French nationals who have returned to French territory at the request of the French authorities

Article R4111-39

Persons who are refugees, stateless persons or beneficiaries of territorial asylum or subsidiary protection, and French nationals who have returned to France at the request of the French authorities,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Voluntary departure period

Article L251-3

Foreign nationals whose situation is governed by this book have a period of voluntary departure of one month from notification of the decision to comply with the obligation to leave French territory.T…

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